Hutchinson Central Technical High School

Course Syllabus

Course Name: FRENCH IV

Instructor: Ms. Lyons            Contact Time: 8:57-9:38 or 1:57-2:40         Phone Ext: 1313

Grading Policy
THERE WILL BE 3 PROJECTS EACH QUARTER WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE GRADE. OUTCOME WILL BE BASED ON ACCOMPLISHING THE TASK GIVEN; EFFORT; TIMELINESS; ORIGINALITY. IN ADDITION, PARTICIPATION WILL PLAY A 50% ROLE IN STUDENTS'; GRADE.
PARTICIPATION INCLUDES: ATTENDANCE; SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE; ATTENTIVENESS; COOPERATION; VOLUNTEERING--ANSWERING/ANSWERING; OPINIONS/SUGGESTIONS IN CLASS WITH A NORMAL CLASSROOM MANNER.

Course Outline
FRENCH IV IS DEVOTED TO IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE FOUR SKILLS OF LISTENING, READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING FRENCH WITH A MANAGEABLE AMOUNT OF VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
THE CLASS WILL FOCUS ON CULTURAL ASPECTS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT ON SEVERAL LEVELS.

ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO GLOBAL RELATIONS; THE IMPACT ON THE U.S.A. AND ON US AS INDIVIDUALS.

TOPICS TO BE DISCOVERED ARE: LITERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMY; FASHION; HISTORY; LANGUAGE ORIGINS/RELATIONSHIP TO ENGLISH; FOOD; MUSIC; ART; POETRY.